The sacredness of the person a new genealogy of human rights /
What are the origins of the idea of human rights and universal human dignity? How can we most fully understand -- and realize -- these rights going into the future? In The Sacredness of the Person, internationally renowned sociologist and social theorist Hans Joas tells a story that differs from con...
| Основен автор: | Joas, Hans, 1948- |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English German |
| Публикувано: |
Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
℗♭2013.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=569022 |
| Резюме: |
What are the origins of the idea of human rights and universal human dignity? How can we most fully understand -- and realize -- these rights going into the future? In The Sacredness of the Person, internationally renowned sociologist and social theorist Hans Joas tells a story that differs from conventional narratives by tracing the concept of human rights back to the Judeo-Christian tradition or, alternately, to the secular French Enlightenment. While drawing on sociologists such as Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Ernst Troeltsch, Joas sets out a new path, proposing an affirmative genealogy in which human rights are the result of a process of "sacralization" of every human being. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1589019709 9781589019706 |